This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 547: Seeing and Hearing the Movements in the Dark

As he looked up the information, his brows knitted together involuntarily. "No wonder the empire is still like this."

According to the information he had learned, it was now clearly known that the Empire had once opened the Holy Castle.

He had never had any in-depth contact with the Star Alliance or the Federation, and he didn't know whether the other party had ever opened the Holy Citadel.

Since we have this kind of information, it is equivalent to obtaining the "inheritance" of the Titans. The technological level will not be much weaker than the peak of the Titans, to say the least.

But the performance of the Empire was too different, and even less Titan technology was seen.

Only after actually seeing the information did Li Ming understand why.

Titan technology is not something that can be easily reproduced, and it is almost complementary to their path of evolution.

Moreover, they live in a dimensional world, and many of their basic technologies are completely opposite to those of the main universe.

By the time the Holy Castle was opened, the empire had grown and it was impossible to switch systems. It was like a foolish dream to rely on these to rebuild the Titan civilization.

The most correct way to use it is to draw on the high-end technology.

“…Apart from these materials, is that all?” Li Ming looked at the Supervisor, seeming a little disappointed.

The Overseer raised his hand, and a few things appeared before his eyes as the light intertwined. "There are also five portions of World Blood and five weapons..."

"Oh?" Li Ming was slightly shocked.

Of his main combat-type control items, only three have not yet been upgraded to Level X.

But he doesn't only control main combat types, for example, the [Magnetic Crystal Heavy Domain] that can assist in development also needs to be upgraded.

Naturally, the more upgrade materials like World Blood you have, the better.

Together with Klonoa's big health pack, it should be enough for a short period of time.

Li Ming thought to himself that as for those X-level weapons, they were all used as recycling materials.

After thinking about it, Li Ming felt that he was still a little unsatisfied, so he asked tentatively: "These are the only things. Didn't the master leave any supplies for the successor to make a comeback?"

The Supervisor didn't understand: "What supplies? You still need those things now. Shouldn't you be thinking about how to evolve?"

"Uh..." Li Ming paused for a moment before realizing that it would be a Titan who opened the holy castle.

Seeing so much world blood left, he must have been ecstatic.

Enough to support his evolution to the secondary dominant level.

But for him, although it is not completely useless, it is not a direct enhancement after all.

"Who can predict what will happen hundreds of thousands of years later..." Li Ming shook his head. This is the difference in evolutionary systems, and no one can do anything about it.

"Besides, the Holy Castle is just a carrier of the 'holy objects'." The Supervisor added, "These things are just scraps."

"Titan's holy relic... is also a relic." Li Ming suddenly remembered and immediately became alert, "Then what holy relic, where is it?"

"Up." The Supervisor looked up, and Li Ming also looked over. A bright light was reflected in his pupils, floating above his head.

Faintly, one could see an extremely delicate red crown with six sharp prisms suspended in it. The material seemed to be some kind of crystal, refracting the sunset-like glow.

"The Crown of Digras is extremely strong. The wearer can withstand attacks from ultimate life forms, and it is also difficult to be harmed by various cosmic rules." The Supervisor narrated slowly.

Li Ming's throat rolled, his eyes were glowing green, and only two words could be seen - greed.

"But...why did it crack?" Li Ming couldn't help but murmur.

That’s right, even with the dazzling light, Li Ming could still see fine cracks on the crown, with traces of light flowing through it, destroying the almost integrated beauty.

According to the Supervisor, the armor that was strong enough to withstand the attacks of the ultimate life form has been broken.

The Overseer paused, "Because of that war."

"The war with the Yuan Clan." Li Ming restrained his expression and asked, "Now, I should have the authority to know the details of that war, right?"

"What are the details?" The Supervisor shook his head. "I did not participate in that war. I was just a mechanical body created in the final stage to monitor the Holy Castle."

"But I can tell you that it was a desperate war."

He said calmly, "Titan, there were eight overlords at the end, and none of them survived."

This short sentence made Li Ming feel suffocated.

There is no need to say more.

After a long silence, Li Ming said, "What about the Guixu period?"

"I can tell you this." The Supervisor walked up to the prism, stretched out his metal finger and immersed it in it, as if he was also absorbing the information in it.

"…The Guixu period is a special stage of the universe. During the Guixu period, the life forms in the Eternal Abyss will no longer be suppressed and can break out of the Eternal Abyss to be active and free."

"What about the interval time?" Li Ming asked.

"The exact interval is unknown. There is no clear interval in the Guixu period in the history of the universe. The Titans are also unclear about the cause of the triggering." The Supervisor shook his head:
"However, what is certain at present is that although Yuanzu will hunt down any active life forms, its main hunting targets are still the Overlord level."

"Mainly hunting the Overlord level?" Li Ming was slightly stunned, with all kinds of information intertwined in his mind, as well as a large number of online novels he had read in his previous life.

A thought suddenly came to my mind.

"Is... the universe cleaning up?" he asked tentatively.

The Supervisor could not help but be surprised. "I was just about to say that although the masters do not know clearly, they have a guess that the main cause of the Guixu period may be related to the number of masters."

"This kind of life form has evolved to an incredible level. Every existence of it is a great destruction of the laws of the universe."

"Eternal Abyss is most likely used to clean up the Overlord."

At the end, the Supervisor emphasized again, "But this is just speculation, there is no substantial evidence to prove it."

"Because, there are twelve masters in the peak Titan stage, but none of them have entered the Guixu stage. There are only eight masters in the late stage, but they have entered the Guixu stage."

Li Ming nodded thoughtfully. If the Guixu period was really triggered by the number of ultimate life forms, then this would be an almost unsolvable problem. The desire for evolution of all life forms is instinctive.

They will try every possible way to evolve to a higher level, and it is almost impossible to stop them.

However, this is just a speculation, and it is hard to say whether it is true.

Let's put this matter aside for now. He is only an S-level life form, so there is no point in thinking too much.

Li Ming thought about it and said, "Oh, right, you just said there are eight Lords. Does that mean there are also eight Holy Castles?"

"No, there are only seven holy fortresses. Lord Sayatore, whom you found in the Red River Star Stream, disappeared mysteriously at the end and did not have time to build one." The Supervisor shook his head.

"How many have you opened?" Li Ming stared at him.

"I didn't know it before, but now that you have opened the Holy Castle, your authority has been upgraded..." The Supervisor was still absorbing information from the prism. After a moment, he said, "Not counting this one, there are four."

"Four?" Li Ming was slightly surprised. This number was not low.

One for the Empire, one each for the Federation and the Covenant?
There is still one left. Li Ming thought about it and asked the supervisor if he could determine the time and location of the opening.

"I have no idea exactly when and where it will be opened." The Supervisor shook his head.

Li Ming stroked his chin, sorted out his gains this time, and finally looked up at the Crown of Diglas above his head.

"Once I pass the Lesser Overlord Trial, this thing will belong to me, right?"

"Yes." The Supervisor nodded.

"Let's go... and try the so-called secondary overlord trial." Li Ming rubbed his hands, eager to give it a try.

When he looked at the supervisor, he suddenly noticed a hint of a smile on his face.

When he looked again, it had disappeared. Li Ming immediately became suspicious.

The Supervisor shook his head and said, "No need. The trial of the Lesser Overlord is in the Holy Castle. The intensity is so high that the outside world cannot bear it. That is why the Holy Castle is opened."

The mechanical pupils flickered slightly, and a familiar gray mist suddenly emerged from the ground around Li Ming. The hall of the Holy Castle turned into a trial arena.

"Just fight me when I say so?" Li Ming's heart skipped a beat and he quickly concentrated his attention.

In the secondary overlord trial, I wonder how strong those brothers will be.

As he was thinking, a figure emerged in the swirling fog around him. The appearance of the Yuan clan became refined, the facial features became more delicate, and the patterns on the surface became more complicated.

An armor-like exoskeleton has covered the entire body.

The moment it took shape, his eyes blurred and his pupils suddenly contracted. Before he could even react, the other person had already appeared in front of him.

The punch came like an exploding star, and Li Ming could only watch with his cheeks shaking violently.

Hey!
Li Ming was immediately certain that the expression he saw on the Supervisor was definitely not an illusion.

boom!
His eyes went dark and he didn't even feel the pain.

The difference in strength this time was beyond his imagination. He had almost no reaction time, and it was even more difficult for him to withstand the opponent's punch.

This was the first time he was "beaten to death" in the trial arena.

The gray-black mist around dissipated, and the broken flesh quickly repaired itself.

Li Ming frowned. Being beaten to death in the trial arena was not a real fatal crisis, so it would not trigger the [Life Power Core].

But he still clearly remembered that there were only three chances to challenge, and this time he had no preparation at all and directly used one of them.

His eyes fell on the supervisor not far away, and he said calmly, "Although I used some special means to enter here, it complies with the rules of the Holy Castle. You mentioned this many times, but I didn't pay attention to it."

"But this time you deliberately tricked me, that's a bit too much."

His voice was flat and his eyes were indifferent.

But the supervisor felt a little hesitant and couldn't help feeling a sense of awe.

This time, he quickly explained, "You have opened the Holy Castle, your authority has been upgraded, and you are no longer limited by the number of failures. You can challenge at will."

"Oh?" Li Ming was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but laugh: "Oh, you should have said it earlier, it would be bad if there was a misunderstanding."

Tsk... This Supervisor, who used to "hate" me so much, is now playing a joke on me.

The face of a machine.

The Supervisor was speechless and shook his head, "It's my problem."

"It doesn't matter what the problem is. We are all brothers." Li Ming patted his shoulder, and then was secretly shocked.

The intensity of the trial of the secondary overlord was ridiculously high. He had no chance to resist and was beaten to death directly.

It is estimated that the energy level is even close to 2000X.

After a rough estimate, Li Ming helplessly discovered that even if he pushed the development progress to the maximum and took the infinite hammer, the energy level would be around 3000X.

We can still fight our way through the front, but it is very difficult to break through the final siege.

The lethality is achieved, but the gap in other aspects is too big.

I estimate that I must become an X-level life form before I can have a chance to truly defeat it.

"Tsk..." He looked at the cracked Crown of Digras with some reluctance.

It's only a matter of time, he told himself.

It took some time to absorb the World Blood and several X-level weapons, and recovered nearly 4 billion metal energies.

"Well, it can be used to create the life force core, and the rest can be used to upgrade the control object..."

Li Ming thought about it and felt that the harvest this time was not too small, after all, he didn't pay much price.

After dealing with these, he was about to log off, but was stopped by the Supervisor, "Someone has triggered the King Challenge."

"Huh?" Li Ming paused and asked in surprise, "Another person? A new person?"

"Hmm..." The Supervisor seemed to be receiving information. "You are not a newcomer. It seems that you have been taking the King Challenge and are also in the Peak Transcendence Trial stage. It's just that you passed the Peak Transcendence Trial, so his data has been updated."

"It's been going on?" Li Ming couldn't help but become interested. "I remember the first time. Can I take a look?"

"Yes." The Supervisor nodded, "The distance this time is quite far."

.........

In a distant star field, in a brilliant starry sky, many planets gather together, and strangely shaped spaceships shuttle back and forth, which seems to be the core of a civilization.

On the largest planet, in a magnificent palace somewhere, a huge, dilapidated dark golden throne stood in the center. Its surface was covered with dense cracks and was shaking violently at this moment.

A burly giant with gray-black skin stood in front of the throne, with a Cyclops behind him, reporting in a low voice:

"Black King... Lingshou and his men have found the bloodline of the Holy King, but the other party is not the one who triggered the trial to become the King."

"After so long, we finally have news." The black giant said in a dull voice, "Unfortunately, it's too late. Another holy fortress has been opened."

"The Holy Castle is open?" The Cyclops behind him was stunned and couldn't help but explain: "Spiritual Leader and his men were assassinated and captured by a powerful civilization in that star region, so they only sent back the news now."

The Black King said coldly: "I warned them to be careful. That star field was once the main battlefield. Several holy fortresses were opened by the life forms in that area."

After a pause, he continued, "This one, too."

The Cyclops was getting more and more surprised, "So, should we go?"

"It's not time yet. Morris is trying to break through the peak transcendental trial. Once he succeeds, he will be able to initially master the Eternal Throne..." The Black King stared at the shining Eternal Throne in front of him, and a little heat could not help but appear in his dark eyes:
"We are the orthodox Titans. Those mixed-bloods don't know anything. The Titan relics are not that easy to manipulate."

"The Saint Castle Trial is only the most basic. It is ridiculous for anyone to think that passing the Saint Castle Trial means success."

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked forward, and when he was within a certain range of the Eternal Holy Throne, his figure suddenly disappeared.

(End of this chapter)